Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Advent Calendar of Memories: Outdoor Decorations

In December of 2011, my most inspired outdoor decoration
was the result of months of neglect on the part of my city, Chesapeake,
Virginia.

Periodically the road in front of my house begins to cave
in. A phone call to the City is all it
takes to get someone running with a pail of asphalt to patch her up. The patch never lasts long. The summer of 2011 the road gave way
again. This time the City decided to get
serious. They delivered a traffic drum.

Surely that meant help was on the way.

September.
October. November. Months passed and cars continued to swerve
around the drum.

In December, I added a bow. Heck – the drum seemingly had become a
permanent fixture in the neighborhood.

On Christmas Eve, there was nothing to do but this:

The neighbors loved it. They even wondered what we could do next.

In February I came home from the Dollar Store with a bag
full of decorations for Valentines Day, St. Patricks Day, and Mardi Gras. But the drum was gone, and in its place was a NEW patch. In June, our road was put on life support with a prognosis for a speedy recovery.

No more Christmas traffic drum. We'll have to get in touch with our inner Griswold some other way.

Oh Wendy! This is just awesome! I was literally laughing out loud. It's so good, it's a no-brainer that this will be in my Fab Finds post this week. AND I've already shared it on my genealogy blog Facebook page.

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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